Today Scott Baker (@uwmadison.bsky.social) presented "Anticipatory Spending", joint work with M. Gelman (@cmc.edu), L. Kueng (@usiidep.bsky.social) and S. Lee (Northwestern University).
They cluster consumers into behavioral types, showing that responses to income changes depend on these profiles.
Today @pinchofdata.bsky.social (Bocconi University) presented "Measuring Crime Reporting and Incidence: Method and Application to #MeToo".
He finds that #MeToo led to higher victim reporting and arrest probabilities, while also deterring sex crimes.
#economics
Mon 1 Jun: Maurizio Zanardi (@sussex.ac.uk)
Mon 22 Jun: Fabio Braggion (@tilburg-university.bsky.social)
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Mon 27 Apr: Tommaso Colussi (@unicatt.bsky.social)
Mon 4 May: @categennaioliqmul.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
Mon 11 May: Elena Esposito (University of Turin)
Mon 18 May: Giovanni Immordino (University of Naples Federico II)
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Mon 23 Feb: Germain Gauthier @pinchofdata.bsky.social (Bocconi University)
Mon 9 Mar: Scott Baker (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Mon 23 Mar: Claude Raisaro (@gvagrad.bsky.social)
Mon 30 Mar: Max Brès (@riksbank.se)
Mon 20 Apr: @selimgulesci.bsky.social (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social)
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📣 Happy to share that the new IdEP Econ Seminar Series is about to begin: first talk in one week!
📆 All seminars: 12:00-13:15 | Executive Center (USI Lugano Main Building). Find the full program here: idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...
If interested, please contact us here or via email: idep@usi.ch
🎓 A showcase of our remarkable graduates, now building careers in PhD programs, central banks, consulting, government agencies, and international organizations. Check their stories below!
👉Find more: www.usi.ch/en/education...
🎓 The MSc offers hands-on experience through paid internships in Swiss institutions, research at @usiidep.bsky.social, and direct exposure to policy and data work — all within Lugano’s international and vibrant setting by the lake and mountains.
🏞️ Apply: www.usi.ch/en/education...
📢 Applications are open for the MSc in Economics at USI in Lugano!
Taught fully in English, the program offers rigorous research training, double-degree options, and close interaction with professors.
👉Find more: www.usi.ch/en/education...
📢Last week to apply to #WISE2026, our workshop for junior researchers in #Economics!
Submit your research by Monday Dec. 22nd, 2025! Don't miss the chance to present your work surrounded by the Swiss Alps.
More info: drive.google.com/file/d/1eGj6OMZc3xalN3XR4dLtk72D91M-V2Aw/view?usp=sharing
#Econ
Today @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social (@heclausanne.bsky.social) presented “Unfree Wills: Inheritance Rules, Bequest Motives and Wealth Diffusion”.
W/ L. Soler (@heclausanne.bsky.social), they use unique will data and show that more freedom shifts bequests to partners and, if none, to non-relatives.
📕This week @maxfil1963.bsky.social presented his new book "Introduction to Energy Economics and Policy", in Bellinzona.
Co-authored with S. Srinivasan and published by @universitypress.cambridge.org, it offers insights into energy economics and the energy transition.
👉 doi.org/10.1017/9781...
💡Why USI IDEP
We are a young and growing department and we want to learn from and with you!
For further information, contact idep@usi.ch
Join @usiidep.bsky.social as a PhD student!
📚We offer:
- 3 fully-funded positions for 5 years
- Rigorous training: the first year is devoted to coursework at Study Center Gerzensee
- Extensive support in research activities
👉Apply by January 15th: inomics.com/job/fully-fu...
See you in Airolo! 📈🏔️
#USIEcon
#WISE2026
📄 We are happy to share that the #CallforPapers of the 2nd edition of WISE is now open!
📅 May 5-7, 2026 in Airolo (CH) 🏔
🎤 Keynotes: @categennaioliqmul.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social) & @pietrobiroli.bsky.social (@unibo.it)
Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1eGj6...
Deadline: 22/12/25, 23.59 CET
Today Lorenzo Incoronato (U. of Naples) presented “Hiring subsidies and female employment”.
With M. di Stefano (@cep-lse.bsky.social) and A. Raute (@qmul.bsky.social), he shows that subsidies boost hiring of non-employed women and, as firms learn from these hires, raise long-run hiring for women.
Matthias Rodemeier (Università Bocconi) presented “Positive vs. Normative Disagreement in Optimal Income Taxation”, coauthored with Gregory Sun (WashU).
The study tests views on helping low-income people: most are generous on private transfers but oppose tax-based redistribution due to gov. aversion
In his #JMP, using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (#SIPP), he constructs a tail-dependent measure of labor income #risk that interacts individuals’ earnings growth variance and skewness.
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Tai Lo’s research studies how households and retail #investors perceive and respond to risk and how those choices shape #consumption, #portfolio allocation, and #asset prices.
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Meet our #EconJobMarket candidates!
Tai Lo Yeung is on the Job Market this year. He specializes in applied #Finance and focuses on #householdfinance and #behavioralfinance.
👉 Read his Job Market Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
👉 Learn more about him here: tlyeungae.github.io
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In her #JMP, she studies how stricter cuts in free #carbon permits under the EU Emissions Trading System ( #ETS ) affected French industrial plants, showing that emissions partly declined because dirtier, smaller plants exited the market.
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Flora’s research explores how current #climate policies influence future adaptation from a market perspective. By examining the interaction between regulation and firms, she aims to inform new policy designs driving behavioral change and supporting sustainable climate transition.
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Meet our #EconJobMarket candidates!
Flora Marchioro is on the Job Market this year. She is an #AppliedEconomist specialized in #CarbonMarkets and #EnergyEconomics.
👉 Read her Job Market Paper: floramarchioro.github.io/files/Marchi...
👉 Learn more about her here: floramarchioro.github.io
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📢Meet the 2025-26 @usiidep.bsky.social Job Market Candidates!
We are proud to introduce our #JMC: Tai Lo Yeung and Flora Marchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research.
Explore our candidates and their #JMPs here: idep.usi.ch/job-market
#EconJobMarket
📢Launching today the official LinkedIn page of the Department of Economics (@usiidep.bsky.social) at Università della Svizzera Italiana! 🎉
A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH).
Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs!
👉 linkedin.com/company/usi-idep
👏 Congratulations to Patricia Funk on being elected to the @eeanews.bsky.social Council (2026–2031)!
We are proud as @usiidep.bsky.social to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics.
Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk.
#USIecon #Econbluesky
Congrats to Elias Papaioannou on being elected by EEA members Vice President 2026
Congrats also @florinbilbiie.bsky.social Julia Cagé, Pierre Dubois, Patricia Funk, Luis Garicano, Libertad González, Dorothea Kübler, Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert
on being elected to Council.
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Today Gabriela Deschamps @stoneeconucl.bsky.social presented "Motherhood and Violence".
Using Mexican survey data, she shows that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.
@shanhuang.bsky.social @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social
